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It’s the manner of today’s win and the opposition on the end of it (plus the fact this is the last opinion piece I will write for The Herald) which gets me thinking about the top-six.

Then there was the look on Antoni Sarcevic’s face in the post-match press conference when my colleague Chris Errington asked him what the ambitions were for this team.

He said he could not or did not need to say the words, but the grin his mouth formed betrayed him and any attempt at a poker stare.

The fact is Argyle are 11th, seven points behind a faltering Bradford City in sixth, still to play eight of the current top 10 before the season’s up and waiting for their main rivals to play games in hand.

Much can change and this piece possibly appears fanciful, but it does feel worth writing and at least assessing the direction this season may be going.

You do not convincingly dispatch a team which is more expensive, better paid and undefeated for 110 days without raising a few eyebrows about what’s next.

Derrick Williams can't watch as Plymouth Argyle lead 2-0 during the League One match against Blackburn Rovers on Saturday, February 3, 2018 at Home Park (Image: Dave Rowntree/PPAUK)

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In the summer, only the most optimistic supporters were predicting a top-six finish. Those more level-headed dug through the statistics of previous League Two promotion winners and saw lower mid-table was most likely.

Those always calling for more investment and big transfer fees were worried at the summer recruitment and even felt it would be a campaign of struggle.

In October they would have felt like geniuses. The 2017/18 season had all of the hallmarks of a relegation year, but the revival has been astonishing.

The confidence rushing through that Argyle team at Home Park today was overwhelming. The emphatic nature of that second goal: Sarcevic’s powerful burst, Graham Carey’s pinpoint cross and Ryan Taylor’s well-timed run was glorious.

Sarcevic admitted confidence had been an issue for him this season, but look at him and the rest now. Ruben Lameiras is another fine example.

Who would bet against them now? They played the league’s third-best team off the park and only the champions-elect have beaten them since late November.

Ruben Lameiras celebrates after putting Argyle into a 1-0 lead against Blackburn (Image: Davew Rowntree/PPAUK)